Authorized Headings List

**NOTE: this is an archival document retained for historical purposes and is no longer maintained as of March 9, 2009.**

The Authorized Headings List requires some explanation. Depending upon your needs, the sort will retrieve differently.

Resource name (Column A): This column is useful if you aren't sure of the authorized form of name. All forms of the resource names, used and unused, part names, SFX, and title hooks appear in alphabetical order. If you retrieve a "light-face" heading, glancing across to the Code list in Column B will give you the first two letters of the authorized form (bolded).

Additions/Changes (Column B): Using YYMMDD this column gives additions with an A followed by a date or changes with a C followed by a date

Tier 1/Tier 2 (Column D): This is a two-pronged alphabetic sort. Tier 1 are resources where the negotiations have been handled at CDL. Usually, but not always, all campuses have the resource licensed. Tier 2 are resources where the negotiations have been conducted at the campus level. It can happen that all campuses have access but it is much less likely.

Campus holdings (Column E): This column shows which resources are held at which campuses.

Platform (Column F): This is an alphabetic sort by the particular Platforms upon which the resources are held.

Vendor (Column G): This column also includes publishers, societies, and other issuing organizations.

856 Short Name (Column H): This column contains the "public" information appearing in the URL field in the bibliographic record.

$/Free (Column I): This column contains information as to whether the resource is free or has a cost.

*Code (Column C): The following is an explanation of the "letters" that appear in parentheses after the Code number in Column Bl